Philip's Allergies

Well, after wondering about the red bumpy cheeks that Philip has had since he was about 1, he went and had allergy testing done today. The Doc was great and all of the techs too! After I went thru a list of things he eats at least 3-4 times a week they wound up doing about 40 scratch tests on his little back! He thought the marker tickled! But the first 2 tests he told the tech that 'that's not nice!' We just laughed!! He did cry and got up set but suffered thru all of them!! And got a lolli pop after and during. We waited the 10 minutes and the doc read the places where they tested. Sooo drum roll please......

Philip is allergic to: Carrots, White Potatoes, Vanilla, Sesame Seeds, and Peanuts. I really understand the peanut thing, but the others are a mystery. I didn't even know you could be allergic to potatoes!!! But he still can have sweet potatoes!! But he has zyrtec and a cream for his face now and an epi pen!! So hopefully his cheeks will get better in time. And we can be more mindful of what he's eating. I was amazed that with in minutes even during the testing his cheeks got VERY red like fever red. So that was the 1st clue that he had an allergy somewhere on one of the places. But for doing so well he was treated to a happy meal with no sesame seed bun and no fries! But he loves apples (and not allergic to them) Sigh..... We get to go back in 6 months for re-testing and he could be allergic to different things then!! At least he's not allergic to cows milk, which is something that I thought he was for a while.
My poor kid! It's not too bad though, could always be worse!